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Heredity vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring |
| Heredity | Passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| Inherited | trait you get from your parents through your genes |
| Trait | specific characteristics or feature of an organism |
| Gene | section of DNA that helps determine a trait(hair color) |
| Allele | type of gene(brown hair) |
| Dominant | allele that is shown; capital letter |
| Recessive | Allele that is hidden; lowercase letter |
| Genotype | genetics (BB, Bb) |
| Phenotype | physicall (blue eyes |
| Punnett Square | diagram used to predict genotypes of offspring |
| Probability | likelihood or chance of something happening |
| Purebred | two identical alleles (BB, bb) |
| Hybrid | two different alleles (Bb) |
| Ratio | tells how many of one thing in comparison to another |
| Mutated | DNA that was undergone a change |
| Gregor Mendall | father of genetics |
| Homorozygous | two identical alleles (BB, bb) Purebred |
| Heterozygous | two different alleles (Bb) Hybrid |
| Pedigree | diagram shows how a trait is passed, through several generations of a family |